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    1. The student, Amelia Llewellyn, conducted an experiment to compare the rates of diffusion of ammonia and hydrochloric acid gases. 2. The experiment involved setting up glass tubes with cotton balls soaked in each gas on either side, and measuring the time for a white ring of solid ammonium chloride to form where the gases met. 3. The results showed that ammonia diffused faster, reaching the reaction point 25 cm away in a shorter time than hydrochloric acid which traveled 18 cm.

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    1. The student, Amelia Llewellyn, conducted an experiment to compare the rates of diffusion of ammonia and hydrochloric acid gases. 2. The experiment involved setting up glass tubes with cotton balls soaked in each gas on either side, and measuring the time for a white ring of solid ammonium chloride to form where the gases met. 3. The results showed that ammonia diffused faster, reaching the reaction point 25 cm away in a shorter time than hydrochloric acid which traveled 18 cm.

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    Name: Amelia Llewellyn

    Date: October 20, 2020


    Grade: 10/49
    Lab #1

    Title: Diffusion of Ammonia and Hydrochloric Acid

    Aim: To compare the rates of diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride.

    Apparatus and Materials: Glass tubes, clamp and stand, rubber bungs, timing device, cotton
    wool, concentrated hydrochloric acid, concentrated aqueous ammonia.

    Diagram:

    Procedure:
    1. The apparatus was set up as shown in the diagram above.
    2. The piece of cotton wool was soaked in concentrated ammonia solution and
    placed at one of the glass tube which was immediately plugged with a rubber
    bung.
    3. The piece of cotton wool was soaked in hydrochloric acid and placed at the other
    end of the glass tube. The end of the glass tube was sealed with a rubber bung.
    4. As soon as the sealing was completed, the timer begun and ended when the white
    ring appears in the glass tube.
    5. The results and observations were recorded.

    Treatment of Results:
    1. The distance from the ammonia soaked cotton ball to the white ring is
    25cm and from the hydrochloric acid cotton soaked ball to the white
    ring is 18cm.
    2. The rate of diffusion given the distance and time for ammonia is
    0.09cm/s and for hydrochloric acid is 0.07cm/s.
    3. The relative molecular mass of ammonia is 17 moles and for
    hydrochloric acid is 35.5 moles.

    Discussion: The ammonia and hydrochloric acid particles diffuse through the air in the glass
    tube towards each other. Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of high
    concentration of particles to an area with a lower concentration. Diffusion in gases is quick
    because the particles in a gas move quickly. So if were placed in a glass tube like the ammonia
    and hydrochloric acid then they would rapidly move throughout the tube and eventually meet. In
    this case, the ammonia and hydrochloric acid collided and reacted to form a white solid called
    ammonium chloride. The ammonium chloride forms a ring inside the glass tube. We can
    represent the reaction between the ammonium chloride as a chemical equation where (g) and (s)
    indicate the state of the chemicals involved, (g) indicating a gas and (s) indicating a solid.
    NH3 (g) + HCl (g) = NH4Cl (s)
    The ammonium chloride forms closer to the cotton wool soaked in hydrochloric acid because the
    ammonia particles are lighter than the hydrogen chloride particles. Therefore, the ammonia
    particles move much faster through the air than the hydrogen chloride particles.

    Conclusion: In conclusion, the ammonia has a faster diffusion rate than hydrochloric acid.

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